Wednesday 17 June 2015

Thursday 18 June 2015

2015 Education Excellence Awards Winners 
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has congratulated Gisborne Boys’ High School on being chosen as the winner of the Supreme Award at the 2015 Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards. “The award recognises the school’s extraordinary success in defying stereotypes and transforming lives through a range of initiatives that enable boys to learn more about themselves and their culture,” says Ms Parata. ... 

$376k for international education growth
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has announced $376,325 of co-funding for ten new growth initiatives for the international education sector. “This funding round supports the development of new products and programmes, and continues to support growth in the export of New Zealand’s education technology.” says Mr Joyce. ...
Parata responds
And with us is the Education Minister, Hekia Parata.

students are overconfident
Stuff.co.nz
It has been known for some time now that test anxiety about, say, mathematics can impair students' performance. It is also becoming clear that confidence in doing a given task may have a significant predictive value for achievement over and above the...

Decision on failing charter school to be made in 'less than a year' - Hekia Parata
Stuff.co.nz
Following the meeting Hipkins said millions of dollars had already been spent on theschool and it wasn't good enough to delay its closure. "John Key promised if theseschools failed he'd be just as quick to close them down as he was to open them ...
Schools Denied Support by Government Decile System Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Principals Call for Collaboration on Education Policy 
A recent radio interview with Melbourne University academic, John Hattie, has prompted Denise Torrey, President of the New Zealand principals’ Federation (NZPF) to call on politicians to engage in more collaboration with the profession in developing ...

Let children play – Kiwi inventor
Kiwi inventor Sir Ray Avery says the next generation of innovators is being held back by an education system that's stifling children's creativity.

Parata losing patience with Kohanga board
Radio New Zealand
Ms Parata today told Morning Report concerns about the financial management ofKohanga Reo had yet to be fully sorted out but that they were being addressed. "They have a new chief executive as of two weeks ago," she said. "The third and final piece of ...

Shock over Joyce admissions
The national student union has been left shocked today by candid comments made by Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce’s to Parliament's Education Science Select Committee.

Growth in International education is good news
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce recently announced that the number of international students enrolled to study in New Zealand grew 13 per cent last year. Full time enrolment figures for 2014 shows 110,198 international studies studied in New ...

How to successfully implement BYOD in the classroom
Educators NZ
Bring Your Own Device policies can be a major transition for schools and educators. Technology can be a positive and negative disruption in how children learn, and how schools decide to teach them. BYOD is becoming standard across many schools in ...

School board chairman 'not going down without a fight'
The board chairman under fire from children's health campaigner Dr Lance O'Sullivan is not going down without a fight, writing a letter overnight to stamp his authority on the role.Tame Te Rangi, chair of the board that governs...

Doctor steps in at troubled school
Outspoken children's health campaigner Dr Lance O'Sullivan is preparing to take "drastic action" at a troubled Auckland boarding school after learning of what he says are serious safety issues.Dr O'Sullivan, a Kaitaia GP who has...

Gisborne school takes home top award
A carving programme that fostered passion and changed attitudes to learning has been announced as the supreme winner of the Prime Minister's Education Excellence Awards.Gisborne Boy's High School were concerned their Maori students...

Security cameras the norm for schools
Security cameras are increasingly becoming the norm for Taranaki schools as a deterrent for vandalism.

Motueka High School Cultural Education Centre gains funding
Nelson Mail
The MOE has not funded any part of the project, although its chief executive,secretary for education Peter Hughes supported the school's application to the lotteries committee with a letter. "They're just funding bricks and mortar", said Haines...

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